Railway-indicator



No. 626,467. Patented June 6, 1899. M MURRUW RAILWAY INDICATOR.

(Application filed May 20, 189B.)

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No. 626,467. Paten tad 1m 6; I899. m moanow RAILWAY INDICATOR.

[Application filed May 20, 1898.)

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MARK MORROIV, OF BARNARD, MISSOURI.

RAILWAY-INDICATOR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 626,467, dated June 6, 1899.

Application filed May 20, 1393. Serial No. 681,239. (No model.)

To ntZZ whom it may concern:

Beit known that 1, MARK Moscow, of Barnard, in the county of Nodaway and State of Missouri, have invented a new and Improved Railwaydndicator, of which the following is a specification.

My invention is an improvement in the class of indicators or exhibitors for use in displayin g announcements of changes in ticket rates, schedules, (to, at railway-stations, and for other allied purposes.

The invention is more particularly an improvement in the class of indicators in which an apron or sheet of canvas or other analogous material is attached to and held stretched between parallel rollers in such manner that it may be wound from one to the other for the purpose of bringing into view cards or sheets bearing printed or written matter giving announcements of various kinds.

The invention is hereinafterdescribed with ret'erenceto the accompanying drawings, (two sheets,) in which- Figure 1 is a front view of my apparatus. Fig. 2 is a side View, a small portion beingin section. Fig. 3 is a horizontal section on line 3 3 of Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is a perspective view of a curtain or supplemental strip forming part of my apparatus. Fig. 5, Sheet 2, is a vertical section of the apparatus on line 5 5 of Fig. 1. Fig. 6 is another vertical section taken on line 0 6 of Fig. 1, the canvas strips oreurtains being omitted. Fig. 7 is a horizontal section on line 7 7 of Fig. 5. Fig. 8 is avertical section of the top portion of the apparatus.

The working apparatus is inclosed in a wooden case or box A, having a hinged door 1, provided with a pane or glass panel 2, through which the various announcements may be read. The cards or sheets 92, (see Fig. 1,) bearing the announcements, are-secured to the canvas strip 3, whose ends are attached to rollers a and 4, arranged at top and bottom of the case A. This strip 3 is several feet'in length and is wound from one roller onto the other to bring particular announcements into view through the glass 2. In Fig. 5 the strip 3 is shown wound on both rollers 4 4, and in Fig. 6 the same is removed. The aforesaid rollers at and 4. are journaled in the enlarged ends of two parallel bars 5 5,

which are arranged vertically, one being near each inner side of the case A. The roller journals 6 are extended through the casing and provided with disks or circular knobs 7, Fig. 1,for use in rotating them by hand. The casing A is provided with horizontal slots 8, Figs. 2 and 3, to accommodate the roller extensions.

The bars 5 5 are secured to the sides of the case A by means of screws 9,'Figs. 5, 6, and 7, which pass through horizontal slots 10, formed in their middle portions. Such slots lOare provided with sheet-metal bushings 10, as shown in Fig. 7, to prevent undue wear by the screws 9. The slots 10 permit adj ustment of the bars, and thereby ot the rollers at 4 relative to the glass front 2. Aflat board 11 is attached to the bars 5 5 by screws 12, (see Fig. 5,) so that it is adjusted or moved with them. It serves as a means for pressing or holding the canvas strip 3 flat or to press it against the glass 2. Its ends are suitablybeveled to accommodate it to the rollers 4. 4.

It will be seen that the slots 8 in the side of the casing A permit the ends of the rollers 4 4. that pass through them to be pushed back for the purpose of relieving pressure and friction of the canvas strip 3 on and with the panel 2 when it is desired to rotate the rollers for bringing other announcements into view. It is apparent, however, that the strip 3 will not be in contact with the glass 2 when the supplemental curtain 3 is hungin front, as in Fig. 5. It is further apparent that to allow this to be done the screws 9 in that bar 5which is secured to the slotted side of the casing A must be so adjusted as to allow free movement of said bar.

Directly over the upper end of each bar 5 5 I arrange a catch 12, (see Figs. 5, 6, and 8,) which is secured to the side of the case A by a screw 13, which serves as a pivot on which the catch may turn to accommodate itself to the adjacent head or end of the bar 5 or 5. These catches 12 serve to support a supplemental display strip or curtain 3, which overhangs the upp,er third of the main strip 3. The strip 3 has a rod 14 attached at each end and the ends of the rods project far enough to adapt them to engage the catches 12, as shown.

It will be seen that the rod 14, which is at the lower edge of the strip 3, weights the latter, so as to hold it stretched fiat.

Announcementsy may be attached to either or both sides of the strip or curtain 3 and the latter may be hung either end up or either side out to display the same. The portion of the main strip 3say two-thirds the length of the samewhich is visible below the over- 1 hanging curtain 3 suffices ordinarily for the purpose of display of announcements attached to it; but when it is desired to expose the whole of it the supplemental curtain 3 is allowed to drop behind it, as shown by dotted lines, Fig. 5, and thus be supported on the catches 12 by means of that one of its rods 14 which before served as a weight.

My invention is useful for various advertising purposes, and particularly so for displaying at railway-stations announcements of changes of ticket rates, especially in principal reduced rates.

What I claim is- 1. In an indicator for the purpose specified, thecombination with a case, of two vertical parallel bars having central horizontal slots, screws passing through such slots into the case, whereby the bars will be secured in the case and can be adjusted toward and from the front thereof, rollers journ aled in the ends of the bars, and a curtain attached thereto, as shown and described.

2. Animproved indicatorcomprisingacase having a glass front and horizontal side slots, vertical bars arranged at each side of the case and provided with horizontal slots, screws passing through the slots of the bars into the case, rollers journaled in said bars and projecting through the slots in the case, and a board fixed to the front side of the bars, as shown and described.

3. In an indicator for the purpose specified, the combination with a case, catches affixed to the inner sides of the latter, and a curtain and rollers arranged below said catches, of a supplemental display-curtain having at both ends lateral projections which are adapted to engage said catches, so that the supplemental curtain may be suspended with either end up, substantially as shown and described.

4. In an indicator for the purpose specified, the combination with a case and catches arranged therein, of a supplemental adjustable and removable display-curtain, the same consisting of the canvas or equivalent body, and a rod at each end whose ends project and are adapted to engage the catches from either side, whereby the curtain may be suspended by either rod, in front or back, as shown and described.

MARK MORROVV.

Witnesses:

FRED WELLING, 0. WV. BADGER. 

